Waterway to lower transit time through Bangladesh to be ready soon

The passage being prepared is called the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) Route number 5 and 6. It runs from Maia near Farakka in India to Aricha in Bangladesh. Dredging work is also underway to ensure that there is enough depth on the waterway all throughout the year.

Citing the example of India which phased out price controls for transport fuels in late 2014, the Aayog said the overall subsidy levels are still distorting the market, giving carbon-intensive modes of transport an undue advantage.

For the development of inland water transport in the country, 111 waterways — including five existing and 106 new ones — spread over 24 states have been declared national waterways under the National Waterways Act, 2016, Sonowal said.`

India’s cargo handling capacity at ports is expected to get a fillip from 2024 with commissioning of some facilities at Vizhinjam in Kerala and beginning of work at Vadhavan in Maharashtra. The first stage of the Vizhinjam Port is nearing completion and it will serve as the country’s first mega transhipment container terminal, said officials.

The heaviest of the three is at 1286 MT, making it the single largest ODC ever to be transported via Brahmaputra. The other two ODCs are weighed at 1248 MT and 741.12 MT. All the three ODCs set sail together from Diamond Harbour in Kolkata to NRL jetty through Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBPR), and […]

Adani Group-owned Mundra port in Gujarat has surpassed pre-Cyclone Biparjoy levels of around 4,900 TEUs by handling over 5,300 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in July 2023. Despite a six-day operational downtime caused by the cyclone, the port posted 4.4% YoY growth in Q1 FY24 in container handling.

The amount is being invested in five projects on the rivers Brahmaputra (NW 2), Barak (NW 16), Dhansiri (NW 31) and Kopili (NW 57) to leverage the waterways for strategic improvement of ties with neighbouring countries.

Tugs, used to pull and push big cargo ships, and guide them into and out of a port, are operated by bunker oil but the port plans to introduce electricity operated green tugboats. Tugboats are also used as standby vessels for safety and emergency requirements.

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani held a meeting with visiting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to discuss multiple projects in the island nation. The discussions included the development of the Colombo Port West Container Terminal (WCT), the industrialist said.

Myanmar is hoping its India-built Sittwe Port will be a game changer in regional connectivity and boost its trade with India. The port, which is part of Kaladan multi-modal transit transport project, was opened on May 9. The project seeks to provide an alternative route for connectivity from India’s eastern coast to the north-eastern states […]